ISLAMABAD, MAY 05 (DNA) — Newly sworn Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang on Friday landed in Pakistan on his maiden two-day official visit to the country on the invitation of Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari.
Upon his arrival at Nur Khan Airbase, the Chinese foreign minister was received by high officials of Pakistan’s Foreign Office. Besides the bilateral meetings, the Chinese foreign minister will participate in the 5th China-Pakistan-Afghanistan Trilateral Foreign Ministers’ Dialogue comprising Afghanistan’s interim FM Amir Khan Muttaqi and Bilawal Bhutto on Saturday.
Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and State Councillor Qin Gang will co-chair the 5th round of the Pakistan-China Strategic Dialogue.The Strategic Dialogue is a structured mechanism that reviews bilateral cooperation in key areas.
The two sides will reaffirm the abiding vitality of the All-Weather Strategic Cooperative Partnership; develop a roadmap for multidimensional cooperation between Pakistan and China; and discuss the evolving regional and global landscape.
The Strategic Dialogue is a structured mechanism that reviews bilateral cooperation in key areas. The two sides will reaffirm the abiding vitality of the All-Weather Strategic Cooperative Partnership; develop a roadmap for multidimensional cooperation between Pakistan and China; and discuss the evolving regional and global landscape.
The third round of the Pakistan-China Strategic Dialogue had taken place in July 2021 in Chengdu, China. Earlier, Acting Afghan Foreign Minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi along with a high-level delegation reached Islamabad on a four-day official visit on Friday.
The visit of the Acting Afghan Foreign Minister is a continuation of Pakistan’s political engagement process with Afghanistan, which, inter alia, included a visit of Pakistan’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs to Kabul on November 29, 2022, and visit of a high-level delegation led by the Defence Minister of Pakistan to Kabul on February 22, 2023.
During the visit, the two sides will review the entire spectrum of bilateral relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan in the political, economic, trade, connectivity, peace and security, and education domains.
Pakistan is desirous of a peaceful, prosperous, stable and connected Afghanistan and reiterates its commitment to pursue continuous and practical engagement with the Interim Afghan Government. The Afghan Foreign Minister’s visit will continue till May 8. — DNA
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